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The Squad Room: Police Health | Development | Leadership

The Squad Room is a podcast devoted to optimizing the physical, mental, and emotional health and wellness of police officers, and law enforcement personnel. We tackle any subject that might improve first responder wellness and commitment to ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities we serve. Physical fitness, sleep and sleeping disorders, identifying PTSD, mindfulness and meditation, the importance of mentors and coaches - the list goes on!

John Delony Just Wants You to Chill Out: Tools for Building a Non-Anxious Life

46 mins; July 16, 2024

What I've Learned: The Impacts Can Last Forever with Jeff McGreevy

59 mins; May 15, 2024

Where Do Cops Go When They're The Ones that Need Help? with Shawn Thomas

59 mins; April 10, 2024

Travis Mills on the 12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim and Recalibrate Your Life

67 hours 54 mins; March 11, 2024

What I've Learned: Travis Gribble on How Your Career and Life Can Change on One Call

75 hours 6 mins; February 12, 2024

Are We Lonely? How Loneliness, Disconnection and Isolation are Becoming the Silent Killer of First Responders with Jeremy Nobel

67 hours 29 mins; December 14, 2023

Becoming Anti-Fragile: Confronting Fears and Insecurity to Become a Better Version of Yourself with Sabrina Reich

68 hours 45 mins; December 04, 2023

Facing Evil: Confronting the Deadliest Mass Shooter in History and the Aftermath of What Followed with Josh Bitsko

113 hours 11 mins; November 21, 2023

You Remain a Work in Progress: Evolving and Reclaiming Your Identity Outside Public Service

50 mins; October 17, 2023

My Bad Haircut: What Trivial Things Can Teach Us About Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience

15 mins; October 09, 2023

How I Fell Apart...PLUS Details On Our First Responder and Veteran Retreat in November

18 mins; September 21, 2023

Coming Home: From Combat to Car Stops and Finding the Strength to Walk Away to Save Yourself with Dave Boyd

88 hours 33 mins; September 12, 2023

What Eddie Van Halen Taught Me About Self-Awareness Before He Died

7 mins; August 14, 2023

18 Lessons from 18 Years as a Cop: What I Wish I Knew, Mistakes Made, and Lessons Learned

32 mins; July 31, 2023

Matthew Thomas on Successful Marriages, Working Through Hard Things, Promoting and Leading From Any Rank

66 hours 54 mins; July 05, 2023

This is Your Brain on Cop Work with Dr. Rick Hanson: Processing Stress and Trauma, How to Find Gratitude for the Hard Parts, and How to Survive Your Career

58 mins; June 01, 2023

The Heart of a Warrior: Finding a New Purpose After Your Own Death with Brandon Griffith

65 hours 26 mins; May 11, 2023

Are You Worried You're a Micromanager? Stop Doing These Things Right Now!

5 mins; April 20, 2023

Dealing with Death: Navigating Grief and Guilt to Find Joy After the Death of a LEO Spouse with Whitney Allen

66 hours 23 mins; April 17, 2023

Just Got Promoted? Don't Make These Mistakes: 11 Tips for New Supervisors to Help You Ease the Transition, Build Trust, Establish Your Presence, and Lead.

23 mins; March 07, 2023

Olivia Mead of Yoga For First Responders on Destigmatizing Warrior Cultures, Improving Resilience Through Physical Work, and Reducing the Stress of Police Careers

48 mins; February 28, 2023

Jason Piccolo of The Protectors On Leaving Law Enforcement, Transitioning to Civilian Life, Finding Purpose and Meaning in Our Work.

55 mins; February 13, 2023

4 Conversations You Must Have As a Leader (and 4 You Should NEVER have)

15 mins; January 10, 2023

You Only Have 4000 Weeks in Your Life. Don't Spend It Paying Your Agency When You're Off Duty

12 mins; January 05, 2023

What I've Learned: Cultivating Resilience by Doing the Work with Kyle Stubbs

88 hours 46 mins; November 30, 2022

You Must Lead Yourself First If You Want to Lead others with Errol Doebler

83 hours 18 mins; October 31, 2022

Storytelling School: Become a Fearless Public Speaker to Accelerate Your Career with Kymberlee Weil

56 mins; October 14, 2022

3 Universal Laws of Leadership You Need to Know to Succeed as a Cop

10 mins; October 11, 2022

Navigating the Hard Parts: How to Suffer Well and Build Resilience with Richard Goerling

87 hours 17 mins; October 04, 2022

Need More Work/Life Balance? Listen to This!

24 mins; September 26, 2022

15 Secrets of Leadership No One Tells You About

36 mins; September 12, 2022

Will to Thrive: How Humor and Music Can Create Resilience After a Line of Duty Death with Charlie from Ten Eight Memes

86 hours 2 mins; August 30, 2022

5 Ways to Deal with Negative People at Work

7 mins; August 25, 2022

9 Tactics of Positive Discipline to Get Massive Results From Your People

17 mins; August 03, 2022

160: Creative Cop: Chasing Suspects and Spotlights and Why Creativity Is Important for Cops with Tyler Ashley

65 hours 52 mins; July 04, 2022

159: Crucial Communication: How to Be a Better Leader, Boss, and Partner Using Uncommon Skills and Technologies with Jeff Halstead

74 hours 7 mins; May 31, 2022

158: Mastering Mindfulness: How to Create Your Own Practice to Improve Your Life with Wendy Hummell

70 hours 4 mins; May 09, 2022

157: 8 Ways to Detach from Work

19 mins; April 06, 2022

156: What I've Learned: Cancer, Addiction, Death & Divorce Can't Keep Me Down with Sgt. Mike McGrew

93 hours 41 mins; March 29, 2022

155: 7 Discipline Failures You Might Be Making

18 mins; March 09, 2022

154: Can You Be Happy As a Cop? How to Fight Negativity, Cynicism, and Anger to Live a Fulfilling Life

58 mins; March 03, 2022

153: Briefing Topic: 6 Ways to Boost Resilience

14 mins; February 20, 2022

152: The Future of Training: How Networking and Online Training Will Change Law Enforcement

68 hours 54 mins; February 13, 2022

151: The Brain Behind the Trigger: How Neuroscience Builds a Better Shooter with Dustin Salomon

74 hours 54 mins; January 24, 2022

150: What I've Learned From a Life Undercover: Dope Buys, Gun Rips, and Learning From Your Mistakes with Jeff Smith

87 hours 46 mins; January 12, 2022

149: Is Anger Ruining Your Life? How Stress, Vices, and Agency Politics Can Kill You with The Angry Viking Dr. Trevor Wilkins

89 hours 24 mins; December 20, 2021

148: Porn Addiction, Policing, and PTSD: How to Take Control of Your Demons, Lead and Succeed with Scott Medlin

76 hours 57 mins; December 06, 2021

147: We've Always Done it That Way: Bringing Police Training Out of the Dark Ages with Adam Haidary of @PolicePosts and Be Effective

114 hours 26 mins; November 14, 2021

146: From Widow to Warrior: How Her Husband's Suicide Showed Her How to Save Others with Kim Colegrove

65 hours 27 mins; October 28, 2021

145: Mindfulness Saved My Life: Breaking Misconceptions from Spec Ops to Cops with US Navy SEAL Commander (ret.) Jon Macaskill

75 hours 36 mins; October 11, 2021

144: Married to a Cop: How Your Job is Affecting Your Relationships, Communication, and Your Future with Cyndi Doyle of Code 4 Couples

101 hours 26 mins; September 23, 2021

143: Leadership Masterclass: How to Handle Promotion, Demotion, Failure, Media Scrutiny, and Tough Decisions with Nick Metz

94 hours 56 mins; September 07, 2021

142: Changing the Culture: How One Officer's Suicide Changed an Entire Department with Lorenzo Glenn

80 hours 7 mins; August 23, 2021

141: Longevity and Health Through Nutrition with Robb Wolf

83 hours 45 mins; August 11, 2021

140: Creating a New Model of Peer Support Using Technology with Bruce Valles

59 mins; July 14, 2021

139: When the Warrior Comes Home: Confronting Trauma, Stress & PTSD with Jen Satterly

74 hours 42 mins; June 29, 2021

138: Winning the War Inside Your Head with Delta Force Veteran Tom Satterly

77 hours 24 mins; June 22, 2021

137: How to Have a Successful Marriage with Victoria Newman

77 hours 15 mins; June 01, 2021

136: Protecting Your Privacy with Pete James of OfficerPrivacy

59 mins; May 18, 2021

135: Bill Mauro The Stoic Cop: How an Ancient Philosophy is the Perfect Antidote to Modern Times

75 hours 38 mins; May 03, 2021

134: Serving Those in Service with James Geering of the Behind the Shield Podcast

59 mins; April 13, 2021

133: Dealing with Toxic People at Work with Pete Havel

89 hours 6 mins; March 22, 2021

132: How to Lead Yourself First: Lessons in Self-Awareness and Leading at Any Level with Mike Doyle of Tactical Tangents

74 hours 8 mins; February 17, 2021

131: What I've Learned: Dennis Benigno of Street Cop Training

77 hours 12 mins; January 26, 2021

130: When Your Trauma Explodes with Nick Wilson of The Resiliency Project

73 hours 21 mins; December 19, 2020

129: A Widow's Journey with Carmen East

69 hours 49 mins; November 17, 2020

128: Creating a Winning Mindset with Brian Willis

68 hours 2 mins; October 22, 2020

127: Be Your Own First Responder with Tony Blauer

63 hours 48 mins; October 07, 2020

126: How to Move Forward, Lead and Win with Dakota Meyer

67 hours 18 mins; September 03, 2020

125: You Can't Out Train a Bad Diet with Jonathan Montgomery

68 hours 43 mins; August 20, 2020

124: Building Resilience with JP Dinnell

62 hours 55 mins; August 06, 2020

123: What I Wish I Knew: Mistakes, Lessons, & Hard Wins with SWAT Cop Justin Walker

65 hours 14 mins; July 13, 2020

Where Do We Go From Here?

118 hours 47 mins; July 04, 2020

121: Deliberate Discomfort: Overcoming Fear, Creating Courage, and Winning Your Battles with Jason Van Camp

76 hours 13 mins; June 17, 2020

120: Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement with Dr. Kevin Gilmartin

71 hours 10 mins; May 31, 2020

119: Leading Yourself Through Change with Aaron Lohman aka Huge Fat Loser

60 hours 52 mins; May 27, 2020

118 Creating Calm: War, PTSD, and Healing with Tom Voss

66 hours 35 mins; May 06, 2020

117: Ryan Michler on How to Win When Others Are Falling Apart

61 hours 26 mins; April 26, 2020

116: Briefing Topic: Are You Living in the Arena?

10 mins; April 23, 2020

115: Becoming Hard to Kill with The Operational Athlete

52 mins; April 15, 2020

Leading Ourselves and Others During a Crisis with Traver Boehm

59 mins; March 21, 2020

113: Cardiologist and Police Lieutenant Jon Sheinberg on Heart Health for First Responders.

68 hours 29 mins; March 15, 2020

Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman on Being a Modern Sheepdog

68 hours 8 mins; March 14, 2020

Live from ProForce with @911Strong and @DispatcherKristen

73 hours 45 mins; December 01, 2019

110: Shots Fired, Officer Down with Josh Comitale: Will to Survive, Winning Mindset and Warrior Spirit

80 hours 46 mins; October 27, 2019

108: From Hard Charging to Hard Drinking: Alcoholism, Treatment and Recovery with Sgt. Joey Rafferty

106 hours 35 mins; July 23, 2019

107 Your Mindset is Everything with POW Capt. Charlie Plumb | Cultivating Resilience, Gratitude & Awareness

105 hours 34 mins; June 17, 2019

106 Building Your Brain and Biceps with Mark Bell.mp3

71 hours 33 mins; June 03, 2019

105: Creating a Legacy by Serving a Purpose Bigger Than Yourself with Lt. Col. Scott Mann

67 hours 4 mins; May 04, 2019

EP 104: Excuses, Obstacles, and Living a Fearless Life with Miranda and Julian Alcarez of Street Parking

66 hours 21 mins; April 16, 2019

EP 103: Becoming Mindful Warriors with Lt. Richard Goerling

82 hours 10 mins; March 26, 2019

EP 102: Briefing Topic: What's Your Oath? How to Identify Your Personal Values

17 mins; March 21, 2019

EP 101: Lt. Jim Glennon of Calibre Press on Surviving the Streets

67 hours 25 mins; March 10, 2019

EP 100: Learning from Your Failures and Moving Forward with Traver Boehm

107 hours 51 mins; February 25, 2019

EP 99: Ending First Responder Suicides with Dan Jarvis f 22Zero.org

60 hours 51 mins; February 12, 2019

EP 98: Briefing Topic: Why Are You Here Redux

18 mins; February 08, 2019

EP 97: Held Assumptions vs. Opportunity Statements

15 mins; February 01, 2019

EP 96: Training Your Mind to Train Your Body with Officer Greg Parker

60 hours 23 mins; January 27, 2019

EP 95: The S.W.A.T. Analysis

18 mins; January 22, 2019

EP 94: Briefing Topic: What's Your 20?

12 mins; January 16, 2019

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